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Waste & Recycling December 13, 2018 07:30:19 AM

California Begins Historic Wildfire Cleanup Efforts

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State-managed debris removal programs have been established in Butte, Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

California Begins Historic Wildfire Cleanup Efforts

SEATTLE (Waste 360): The Camp, Woolsey and Hill fires that devastated three counties in California a month ago are estimated to leave five to seven times more fire-related debris than the 2017 wildfires—which generated around 2.2 million tons of debris. Those were the projections made by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Regional Administrator Bob Fenton during a media call on Tuesday.

“Last year, during the fires in Sonoma County, we indicated the debris in that event was the largest amount we had seen in modern time in the state of California—actually since the 1906 earthquake,” explained Mark Ghilarducci, director of the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, during the December 11 call. “Unfortunately, this event will be orders of magnitude more than that and now the new record for the largest debris operation that we’ve embarked on.”

The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), in partnership with the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES); Butte, Los Angeles and Ventura counties; the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC); the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); FEMA; and other federal, state and local partners, has begun the process of clearing debris following the most destructive series of wildfires in California history.

State-managed debris removal programs have been established in Butte, Los Angeles and Ventura counties to clear household hazardous waste and other fire debris from more than 14,000 properties destroyed by the Camp, Woolsey and Hill fires.

“On Monday, Butte County opened a Right-of-Entry Center for people to participate in the debris removal program,” noted Ghilarducci. “Removing the debris is vital. The sooner we can get the debris addressed and out of the way, the sooner the long-term recovery and rebuilding can begin.”

Implemented under the leadership of Cal OES and local governments, the Consolidated Debris Removal Program mobilizes federal, state and local resources to help restore burned properties under a two-phase cleanup process.

Courtesy: https://waste360.com

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